How to Turn Off a VPN on Your iPhone in 2 Ways

  • To disable the VPN on your iPhone, go to the “General” section of your Settings app.
  • You can also usually disable your iPhone’s VPN directly from the VPN app you’re using.
  • Disabling your VPN can cause certain apps and websites to stop working.

With more and more popular apps trying to track you across the internet, it’s no wonder people are turning to VPNs to hide their identities online.

However, VPNs have some minor issues: some websites won’t work when you have a VPN enabled, and your internet connection tends to slow down.

If you ever need to turn off the VPN on your iPhone, it’s easy to do. That’s how it works.

How to disable the VPN on your iPhone

There are two ways to turn off your iPhone’s VPN.

First you can go through the Settings app. This should work for any VPN no matter what app you use.

1. Open the Settings app and scroll down to tap Generaland then scroll to type VPN and device management.

2. Beat VPN at the top of the page.

3. Tap the status Toggle switch to turn off. You should see one Separate… message, and then the switch is flipped to the left. Your VPN is now disabled.

The VPN menu on an iPhone with Status highlighted.

Flip the toggle switch to the left.

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If you do this and the VPN immediately turns back on, it likely means your VPN has “Connect On Demand” enabled. You can disable this by tapping the “i” symbol next to the name of your VPN and disable that Connect if necessary Switch.

The details page for a VPN on an iPhone with the Connect On Demand option highlighted.

Disable the “Connect when needed” option.

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Second, you can turn off your VPN through the VPN app itself. Not all VPN apps let you do this, but the big ones (including NordVPN) do.

To do this, simply open your VPN app and search for a Separate Possibility. Tap on this option and your iPhone will disconnect from the VPN connection.

The home page in the NordVPN iPhone app with the Disconnect option highlighted.

Find and tap the Disconnect button.

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